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The Summerville News, Thursday, April 6, 1989
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MOTORISTS COMPLAIN ABOUT MUD FROM DRIVEWAY
On James H. “*Sloppy”’ Floyd State Park Road
Storm
Slams
from front page
However, radar did show ‘a
fair indication” of a tornado
aloft when the second storm
passed through southern Chat
tooga, Blood said. There was a
visual sighting of a funnel
cloud during that second
storm, he added. A tornado-like
wind struck the Cave Spring
area in Floyd County,
uprooting trees and causing a
small amount of property
damage, Floyd officials said.
The U. S. Weather Service
planned to survey damage in
Floyd and South Chattooga
Wednesday to further deter
mine if a tornado was to blame,
Blood added.
Chattooga Commissioner
Jim Parker said his office had
received no reports of roads or
bridges being washed out by
the downpour Tuesday
although some roads were
covered briefly with water.
Several trees also were blown
across roads in scattered parts
of the county, including ghat
toogaville and Silver Hill, he in
dicated. Part of Penn Street in
Dickeyville was covered with
water. Several inches of water
also blocked two lanes of U. S.
27 at Pennville Tuesday.
He noticed more debris
blown over roads in the
southern part of the county
than in any other part, the
commissioner said.
UTILITIES
Little damage was caused
to utilities in the county.
Milton ‘‘Cotton” Greeson,
manager of North Georgia
Electric Membership Corp. in
Chattooga, said one of his
crews responded to three pro
blems Tuesday. Two involved
lightning striking transformers
in West Summerville and the
third was caused by lightning
in the Gore area.
However, several NGEMC
crews were sent to Cobb Coun
ty to assist with repairs in that
county, Greeson said.
A power outaFe at Gore on
the evening of March 29
resulted from routine
maintenance of the substation
at Gore, Greeson said, and not
from storm damage.
LIGHTNING
Georgia Power Co. officials
said lightning damaged
transformers at Cloudland,
causing an outage of power
Tuesday. A line was also down
ed in the Perennial Springs
area and the Ci’tly of Menlo had
a brief outage. There was little
damage from downed limbs or
trees, the Georgia Power of
ficial said.
The forecast called for
mostly sunny skies today with
a high near 60 degrees and nor
thwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Showers were ex(fected to
return Friday and Sunday.
Saturday is exg%cted to be
partly cloudy. The mercury
may dip into the mid-30s
throu%h Sunday with highs
around 60, forecasters saig.
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JAN HACKETT WELCOMED TO ROTARY
Invited To Speak By Member Tommy Toles
Leadership Key To Local Progress?
Roman Tells About Developments In Downtown
from front page
1990 is expected to be 6.6 per
cent, she said, a massive
change from the previous
decline alleged by the census
bureau.
The county has had 1,000
housing unit starts in the past
two years and it has 42,000 in
its labor force, Mrs. Hackett
said. Floyd's unemployment
rate is at its lowest ebb in 10
years.
Growth is coming toward
Chattooga County and will in
crease when the new Mount
Berry Sciuare regional shopp
ing mall is built on U. g
Highway 27 north of Rome.
“NATION’S BUSINESS”
Rome’s downtown develop
ment project, which was over
seen gy Mrs. Hackett, was
featured in a recent issue of
“Nation’s Business.”
Citizens of Floyd last year
voted to tax themselves
another $Bl-million through
imposition of an additional one
cent sales tax. More than half
the money will be used for
roads and bridges and the rest
for parks and recreation and a
governmental-civic complex,
she said.
“These things didn't hap
pen in a vacuum,”’ she told tfi)e
Rotarians. “You can't just wait
for things to hap
pen.: . Leagership is what
makes the difference.” Definite
steps must be taken to reach a
community's goals, she said,
and on average, ‘it takes three
years to accomplish anything.”
She emphasized during the
guestion period after her ad
ress, *'no one does it for you."
Goals must have "‘a plan and
a method” for attaining the
goals, she said. The plan must
be practical and it must have
the participation of property
owners.
REPAIRS
Owners must be encourag
ed to keep up their property so
that an area won't Eegin a
downward spiral of disrepair
and become unattractive to
shoppers, she indicated.
Communities in the region
must work together because
job creation in any count
assists that region economicai
ly, Mrs. Hackett said. The
Rome trade area, which in
cludes Chattooga, contains
about 300,000 people. The Nor
thwest Georgia area ‘‘is just
entering a tremendous boom,”’
she asserted.
SMSA
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School Questions Remain
from front page
Catrett’s recommendations at
next Monday's board meeting,
Hayes said he had no com
ment. Hayes also said that all
the principals had their person
nel recommendations turned
into the Central Office by
March 13 as he requested.
PRINCIPALS
According to one principal
reached this week, March 13
was the deadline to get the list
of recommendations in. Accor
ding to another, there was no
deadline. Both said they had
their recommendations in by
Monday, March 13.
The principals also confirm
ed that it is normal procedure
in the Chattooga County
school system for Hayes to ask
for personnel recommendations
in gebruary. The board does
not take action on teacher
recommendations until April,
one said. State law requires
that teachers know by April 15
if they are recommended for
the next year.
The News also learned that
on Catrett's recommendations
there were two physical educa
tion teachers who were asked
to resign so that the new head
football coach, Robert ‘‘Bub
ba" May, could bring new
coaches.
the census bureau as a Stan
dard Metropolitan Statistical
Area (SMSK} because the city
doesn’t have an official popula
tion of 50,000 within its limits,
she said. The Rome Chamber
has also set up a task force to
make sure that the 1990
cesnsus is accurate and that
every person in the county is
counted. Many larger
businesses won't discuss
locating in an area where the
population is falling, Mrs.
Hackett pointed out.
In discussing the need for
cooperation, she said Rome
merchants and the city govern
ment blamed each other for the
decline of the downtown area in
the late 1970 s and early 1980 s.
But they both found a common
ground and began working
toward a goal of rescuing
Rome. But ?irst, there had to
be a recognition that a problem
existed. At that time, apfprox
imately 25 percent of the
downtown stores were vacant,
she said.
ADEQUATE UTILITIES
It is imperative that ade
quate water and sewer services
be provided by a community or
development won't occur, she
said. Calhoun now has an
18-month moritorium on
The News was told that
either Don Hayes or Shirley
Pledger, the secretary at Chat
tooga High School, had whited
out that recommendation and
typed their names back on the
list of personnel that would be
recommended for renewal.
NO COMMENT
Whether Catrett's recom
mendations were tampered
with, or whether Hayes
tampered with them or told
Mrs. Pledger to do it could not
be determined. Hayes said he
had no comment and Mrs.
Pledger is apparently out of
town this week.
The two coaches who were
asked to resign were Jeff Ben
nett and Buddy Windle. Ben
nett is Hayes' nephew. Both
men refused to resign.
May said that he had
discussed with Catrett what
slots he needed for coaches, but
Windle's was not one of them.
May was hired to fill Windle's
slot as athletic director, so he
could not have been asked to
resign for that reason, May
said.
However Preston Cash and
Timothy Groce were both
untenured, and, along with a
social studies slot he has yet to
fill, May said he will have three
coaches of his choice. But May
development bgcause of inade
quate utilities, Mrs. Hackett
noted.
The City of Rome ‘‘took a
big risk’ by building a new
sewer plant but it will pay off
because of additional develop
ment the extra capacity will at
tract. Rome also installed a
pump and new line in the
Etowah River to take care of
water supply problems in the
future. In some parts of Floyd
‘‘we can't do anything’’
because there are no sewer ser
vices, she noted. Floyd also has
Froblems with its water supp
y in the north end of the coun
ty, Mrs.. Hackett told the
Rotarians.
Correction
A feature story about
bulldogs raised by a Chattooga
County couple identified the
animals as American pit
bulldogs.
However, they are not pit
bulldogs. They are American
bulldogs. The animals are not
registered with the American
Kennel Club (AKC) but are
listed with the Animal
Research Foundation, Quinlan,
Texas.
The News regrets the
misunderstanding.
said that neither he nor Ben
nett would feel comfortable if
he had to ask Bennett to coach
football.
Hayes was asked if it made
any difference that Bennett
and Windle were asked to
resign since they were tenured
and would not have to comply,
he said ‘‘yes, it makes a dif
ference.”” When asked what the
difference was, Hayes said, ‘‘no
comment."’
NON-RENEWALS
In his memo to the board,
Catrett said he called May in
to his office Thursday, March
9, and asked May to make
coaching recommendations.
“He t;ol(iBr me he wished he had
more time but the coaches he
was bringing in had degrees in
physical ec?ucation and we
needed to vacate slots in PE,”
Catrett said. ‘‘We made our
decision to ask Jeff Bennett
and Lloyd **Buddy’ Windle to
resign. We also non-renewed
Preston Cash, Laura Coleman
and Timothy Groce.
“We did this in order to
satisfy the wishes of the
superintendent's office to have
our decisions made at this
time ... My question is: Why
were we asked to submit a list
of renewals and non-renewals a
month early when we needed
this time for Coach May to
evaluate staff and make recom
mendations?’’
According to Catrett's
memo, Hayes had told May
that day (March 9) that May
would have more time to make
his recommendations.
Hayes told Catrett the next
day at 9 a.m. that he was not
going to recommend Catrett
for the principal's job for the
following year. In Georgia law,
the school board cannot over
rule the superintendent on a
;])ersonnel recommendation.
"he school board could not re
hire Catrett without a recom
mendation from Hayes.
NO EXPLANATION
Hayes said he had no com
ment about whether he would
use Catrett's personnel recom
mendations. He also said that
he had no comment on whether
Bennett and Windle will be
recommended, or whether
Preston Cash, Laura Coleman,
or Timothy Groce will be
recommended.
When asked if he would
ever give an ex({)lanation for
not recommending Catrett
Hayes said it was unlikely. ‘I
doubt I will give an e};i)lana
tion. It is a professional mat
ter. So I have no comment to
make. I know he knows."
Reunion Sunday
A family reunion for
descendants of I. A. Thompson
will be held Sunday at Camp
Patterson, Old Mill Lane, Ring
gold. Participants are asked to
ring a covered aish. For more
information, call SLirley Smith
at 866-7259.
Fees In Picture?
Cavin Pushes Idea To Council
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length although it failed to
receive a second. The coun
cilman said he would withdraw
his motion until next Monday
night if Cash or Ralph Stanlef'.
city recreation director, would
meet again with Commissioner
Parker to discuss the issue
again prior to that monthly
meeting. Mt(iiyor Cash said the
matter would be placed on next
week's agenda.
The proposal didn't appear
to go over well with Stanley,
(‘u:fih or the chairman of the
recreation board Friday night.
Cash started out by outlin
ing his discussion with Parker
on March 23. At that time,
Cash agreed that the city
would pay the county $14,970
in a past gue bill for housing ci
ty prisoners at the county jail.
Parker, in turn, said he would
then write a check to the coun
ty for $14,970 for recreation, as
well as assist the city with
various resurfacing projects
this year. It will be t%e next
calendar year before he will be
able to set his own budget, the
commissioner noted. The cur
rent budget and tax rate were
established by outgoing Com
missioner Harry Powell last
vear.
10-12 PERCENT
Commissioner Parker in
dicated March 23 that he
would probably place 10 to 12
ercent of the city's recreation
gudget in the county budget in
1990.
Cash has said several times
that the cash involved this year
or proposed for next year isn't
“enough” but ‘it is a start”
and that the agreement bet
ween himself and Parker is
workable.
Both Cavin and Coun
cilman Ira Pollard said the
percentage mentioned by the
commissioner wouldn't be ade
3_uate. Cavin then said he
idn't see any way to avoid im
posing a fee system on non-city
residents for use of recreation
facilities.
Dennis Campbell, chairman
of the recreation board, told
Cavin that Commissioner
Parker was trying to help the
city and if the council decided
to impose a fee system, the
county could cut off all aid to
the city.
NO “SLAP”
Cavin disagreed. ‘I don’t
believe that's a slap in the
face.” The councilman said he
knew that Parker was trying to
help and that he was still new
at the job of commissioner.
To continue the past
gérnwth of the city recreation
epartment, there will have to
be a city-county department
and a 50-50 split of participa
tion in the future, Mayor Cash
said. When Cash brought up
the issue of a city-county
department at his March 23
session with Parker, the com
missioner didn't react to the
proposal.
“Ten percent is nothing,"”
Stanley said, but he noted that
Commissioner Parker had
agreed to do other work for the
city which might amount to
$75,000 to SIOO,OOO in paving.
If the city starts charging non
city residents a fee now,
Stanley said, the commissioner
won't provide that help to the
City.
He did say, however, that if
the city is going to have to pay
for such items as use of the new
proposed county landfill, the
county should pay its share to
the city toward the cost of pro
viding recreation to non-city
residents.
CUT OFF?
Cavin contended that a
small fee wouldn't keep anyone
from participating in a city
recreation program. He said he
had been told that some
children may not be able to par
ticipate in baseball this spring
because of a lack of funds.
“Which had you rather do,
charge a fee or have no par-
Lici(i)ation?" he asked. Stanley
said something would be work
ed out on the team problem.
Mayor Cash said a registra
tion fee wouldn't be adequate
to help with recreation costs.
Cavin agreed but said one
should be imposed immediate
ly. *‘lt's not that we're getting
back at you (Parker) or
anything like this,” the coun
cilman insisted.
After Cavin moved that the
council instruct the recreation
board to install a fee system,
Stanley said more than 600
youngsters had already been
signed up without paying a fee.
“It'll be a little headache,”
Cavin acknowledged.
Stanley said Parker gave
the city money so a fee system
wouldn’t be installed.
DIDN'T SPECIFY
Mayor Cash said the com
missioner didn’t directly
specify what he expected as a
result of the March 23 meeting
but that he was assured the ci
ty would cooperate with the
county on recreation.
Pollard said he didn't want
the city to jeopardize its rela
tionship with Commissioner
Parker and asked Mayor Cash
if he thought relations with the
county would improve in the
future. He also said he wanted
all councilmen present before a
vote on the fee issue. Coun
cilmen Guinn Hankins and
Ronnie Pilcher were absent
Friday.
THREE MONTHS
Cash said he felt that
Parker would do whatever he
feels is necessary to provide
recreation to county residents.
The city still has three months
until the beginning of its new
fiscal year on Jufy 1 to see
what services the county would
provide to the city, he added.
Cavin agreed to withdraw
his motion until next Monday
night so further clarification
can be obtained from Parker on
recreation funding. The com
missioner made it clear
Wednesday that the agreement
between himself and g;sh was
to prevent imposition of fees.
Stanley said when you tell
someone you will do
something, “‘you should go
ahead and do it even if it
hurts."”
NEXT MONDAY
In other items on the agen
da for next Monday night, the
Council is expected to award
contracts for installing a new
water line to the city's in
dustrial park and to modif
and expand its industrial shefi
building. The contracts are
designed to ensure that Image
Carpets Inc., will locate a new
facirity in the park by late this
fall.
A quit claim deed to ex
pedite the construction of a
new National Guard armory in
Summerville will also be
considered.
A resolution honoring the
late Ted Martin, a longtime
member of the Summerville
Housing Authority, will be
considered. The authority will
hold its annual banquet on
April 13 at The Lookout
restaurant, Cloudland.
CLEAN COMMUNITY
Mrs. Ester Bryant will also
present a request to the city
that it create a Clean Com
munity Commission to help in
sure the cleanliness of area
streets, roads and other areas.
McCalmon said the council
will be told that the present
schedule calls for mosquito
spraying to start on May 1.
The issue of speed breakers
on Alexander Street will be
considered Monday.
The council will also con
sider the purchase of equip
ment at the city's water treat
ment plant.
It may also be asked to
reconsider its denial to make
part of Union Street two-way.
Council
Approves
Project
The Summerville City
Council has voted to bear some
$24,000 in costs for relocating
utilities on Highway 114 at the
Raccoon Creek bridge, which
will be replaced by the Georgia
Department of Transportation
(DOT).
The action was taken last
Friday night at a called
meeting of the panel.
Grady Mcgalmon, city
manager, said a six-inch water
line and a four-inch gas main on
the west side of the bridge will
have to be relocated for the
bridge replacement and widen
ing.%—le estimated the cost at
between $22,000 and $24,000.
The DOT told the News that
the cost would probably be
around SIO,OOO.
Mayor Sewell Cash said ci
ty work crews would do as
much of the work as possible to
save money and McCalmon
would obtain outside help to do
the rest. McCalmon also sug
gested that Chattooga County
Commissioner Jim Parker be
contacted to see if he would
assist with those costs with
funds obtained through the one
percent local option sales tax
for roads and bridges. Cash
agreed.
The council authorized the
city to send a letter to the DOT
agreeing that it will pay for the
relocation costs andp to ask for
help from Commissioner
Parier.
The DOT plans to pay for
the entire cost of replacing the
bridge.
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